This page is intended to collect all information in regards to Free Software in education. Yes: yet another link collection (YALC)! The edu-team will monitor the changes and use the info as applicable. Thank you very much for your contribution!
General Information
Contents
- European Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia (including Kosovo)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Other countries
- Australia
- Brasil
- Canada
- Canary Islands
- Japan
- Venezuela
- Other
European Countries
Albania
Projects
Andorra
Austria
Articles
2005-02-12: http://www2.linux-kommunale.de/index.php?article_id=635
2008-01-21: Open Source Day in Burgenland
2008-05-28: Education Ministry plans increase of Open Source in schools
2009-05-15: Education ministry no longer funds proprietary office licenses
2009-06-04: Education ministry supports GNU/Linux distribution for schools
2009-06-26: Vienna to teach its public servants about "open source" desktop
2010-07-25: Increasing number of schools turn to open source
Schools
http://www.gobbz.org/?q=node/view/19 (2010-05-21: misconfigured webserver, delete link if problem persists!)
Case studies
2005-10-05: Study proves Free Software is suitable for schools (German: Studie belegt: Freie Software für Schulen sehr geeignet)
2009-09-25: OSOR: Desktop4education: Bringing new environments to Austrian schools
Organisations / Groups
Supporter
Belarus
Belgium
Articles
Companies for Migration, Support, Training
http://fusesource.com/ (subdivision of Iona)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Case studies
Bulgaria
Articles
Projects
Croatia
Policies
2006-07-xx: (pdf) Policy that prescribes that students be equally presented FOSS and proprietary technologies and solutions. Source: http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/ecommerce_en/freeopen_encount.htm - the former two links seem to be outdated, but I could find this study that mentiones the policy: http://csis.org/files/publication/100416_Open_Source_Policies.pdf
Cyprus
Case studies
Troulloi Primary School (PDF, page 11)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Articles
2008-12-19: Tønder elementary school to use open source
2009-09-30: Lyngby-Taarbæk moves schools to OpenOffice
Estonia
Finland
Articles
2010-05-13: Over a hundred schools using open source
2010-07-28 : State of Free software in Finnish schools
2010-09-17: Re-use of hardware and open source helps schools save costs
Case studies
2008-05-28: Three schools migrating to Open Source
Projects
FLOSSE Posse EDU blog about Free and Open Source Software ind Education
Companies providing support, training administration
France
Articles
2007-02-05: 175.000 USB sticks with Free Software for French students
2008-05-27: Paris region students to get Open Source mobile office on USB key
2008-05-28: Award for Rennes' Open Source teacher-parent project
2009-10-05: Paris region to launch open source workflow portal for schools
Projects
Germany
Articles
2008-08-27: Skolelinux Youngstermeeting in Andernach (German)
2009-03-16: Skolelinux for Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate Schools
2009-06-25: Berlin art colleges switch to GNU/Linux
2009-09-30: Münster started OpenOffice pilot in schools
Organisations
Essen: OSS e.V.
Berlin: Group in Berlin
Hamburg: exis-unlimited.org
Edu Fairs
Governmental Links
Baden Württemberg
http://www.support-netz.de/kundenportal/dokumentationen/linux.html
http://lehrerfortbildung-bw.de/netz/muster/linux/material/basis/paedml/
Nordrhein Westfalen
Companies that offer Support and training
Greece
Organisations
Hungary
Iceland
Articles
2009-08-12: Technical School changes to Ubuntu and saves Millions
2009-08-28: Free Software in the Icelandic Education System
2009-10-27: OSOR: One in four secondary schools to join open source project
Ireland
Articles
2009-02-11: Empey Backs ‘Open Source’ Software Drive
Israel
Italy
Articles
2007-02-20: FUSS Free Upgrade in SouthTyrol's Schools Project page
2008-05-28: Umbria to promote Open Source in schools
2008-07-17: Open Source Software Survey in Italian Schools
2008-12-18: City of San Giorgio begins migration
2009-06-26: Government to increase use of Free Software in schools
2009-08-06: IT: University of Verona moving to open source desktop
Case Studies
Initiatives
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Articles
Supporters
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
UNESCO project for Free Software in schools, however still unfounded
Netherlands
Papers
Articles
Norway
Reports
2008-07-14 Experiences from the Use of Skolelinux: Use of OpenSource Software at Four Norwegian Schools
Organisations
Poland
Articles
2007-12-28: Free software in Polish schools
2008-08-05: Poland's Ministry of Education recommends Free Software
2009-07-14: Jaworzno moves schools to open source desktops
watchlist
OLPC for polish pupils? (polish)
Portugal
Articles
2007-08-14 : ministry of education distributes Free CDs
2008-05-28: Education ministry steps up promotion of Open Source software
2008-05-28: New association to increase Open Source use by schools
2009-06-22: University to offer open source software master
2010-07-14: Nearly all school children getting familiar with open source
http://www.caixamagica.pt/pag/documentacao/CMS_LinuxOnPortugueseSchools.pdf
Organisations
Romania
Articles
2009-06-04: Universities start embracing open source software
2010-09-14: new IT strategy to adopt Free Software
Russia
Articles
2007-09-20: Russia installing GNU/Linux in every school in the country (the software: armd.ru google translation to English)
2008-05-28: Russia to install GNU/Linux in every school
2008-10-27: osor.eu: Open Source installed in more than a thousands schools
2008-12-05: Education conference to present results of school GNU/Linux pilots|
2009-04-12: Tartarstan announces migration of schools to free software
2009-09-04 Teacher learn GNU/Linux (German]
2009-11-15: Free Software for All Russian Schools in Jeopardy bad news
2010-10-28: Free Software instead of windows - Russia wants to be free (German)
2010-12-29: Russia prepares migration (German)
2011-01-24: New version of Alt-Linux released (German)
San Marino
Serbia (including Kosovo)
Projects
http://groups.google.com/group/free-software-conference (see this posting for further info)
Slovakia
Projects/Organisations
Articles
Slovenia
Spain
Articles
2002-04-19: Wired.com: Extremadura Measures: Linux
2002-04-21: barrapunto.com: spanish discussion about the wired atricle @Spanish speakers: is this helpful?
2006-09-06: desktoplinux.com: Richard Stallman on Kerela's desktop Linux adoption
2006-09-19: iosn.net: Inculcating ICT Usage in Educational, Social and Economic Activities - Extremadura, Spain
2008-05-28: Hundred schools in Catalonia to use GNU/Linux desktop, server
2009-04-30: Open source community protests national plan for school PCs
2009-09-22: Andalusia to distribute open source laptops to schools
2009-12-08: Cenatic campaign: ten reasons for using "open source" in education
2011-02-11: LliureX 10.09 offers free educational material
Projects
http://www.linex.org/joomlaex/ Edu-Software Project used in Extremadura
Case Studies
Sweden
2008-06-26: The Swedish municipality Motala uses free software in schools and administration. There are several articles about it in swedish. Here is one example.
2007-06-00: The Swedish municipality Eksjö is also using free software in schools. This article mentions both Motala and Eksjö
Switzerland
Articles
2008-04-06: 9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only
2008-05-06: Geneva schools completely switch to Open Source (see also further links at bottom)
2009-09-08: Politicians demand more open source in education
2010-03-18: Swiss advisory board recommends Free Software instead of accepting MS offer (German) Original Link of educa.coop
2011-04-19: New structural plan of the Geneva Canton promoting free software in education
Organisations
Companies for Migration, Support, Training
Turkey
Articles
2008-05-28: All primary school to teach use of Open Source
2008-06-17: Training for 600 teachers
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Articles
2006-05-00: report by futurelab: The potential of open source approaches for education (2006)
2008-05-28: Educational IT agency: 'Microsoft tax' unacceptable
2008-05-28: Schools warned off Microsoft software
2008-05-28: Schools IT agency files complaint with EC over Microsoft
2008-10-01: Open Source company in list of schools software suppliers
2009-01-26: BBC: Open source question for schools
2009-01-28: British Education Training and Technology conference (BETT)
2009-03-17: Ministry funds repository for open educational material
2009-07-24: Local business and Education provider work together to bring FS to the classroom
Organisations
England
2006-08-29: sourcewire.com: Top public school claims Open Source software improves education
2008-07-14: Software Migration at the Orwell High School
Wales
2008-11-06: School servers in Powys county, Wales
2008-05-28: Open source email system for Welsh schools
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Other countries
Australia
Articles
2009-04-22: Materials from a Masters degree course on free software
2008-04-08: Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware
Brasil
Canada
Projects
Canary Islands
Japan
Venezuela
Other
2008-05-28 Schools increase use of Open Source
2008-11-23: Europe's schools remain shy about open source